Akaku Forest is a puzzle platformer impressed by Hawaiian mythology the place that you must use your weapon as a platform.
It is a unique-feeling platformer the place you play as Aki Maku, the one individual that may save their land. The gods of your homeland are being corrupted by a darkish, mysterious pressure and no one appears to know how one can cease it. Whereas exploring and looking for solutions, you’ve stumbled upon a mysterious orb that has chosen you to be the Soulfire Torch holder.
This torch is what makes Akaku Forest really feel particular. Whereas following the orb’s steerage by this huge land, you can be utilizing your torch to defeat enemies and to plunge it into the partitions of the world, utilizing it as a platform to get to the subsequent space. You may as well throw it far, connecting with different locations which may want a bit of fireside to set off new platforms.
These little puzzles, together with block-pulling and button-pushing ones, create an attention-grabbing world the place you would possibly must double again on your self or work out the subsequent new method ahead. Ultimately, you will want to defeat the darkish menace of Oktokio to avoid wasting your land.
I performed Akaku Forest at Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona, the place I did benefit from the throwing and motion of this platformer. There was one thing actually satisfying about hurling your weapon, having it stick excellent, after which utilizing the newly created platform to make it to the subsequent space. The world itself can be fairly enjoyable to see, with new areas popping up and exhibiting extra to find. There are even massive boss fights (that I didn’t fairly get to see) which add numerous enjoyable to the sport itself. The sport additionally has roots impressed by Hawaiian mythology – one thing I don’t typically discover in video games!
Akaku Forest is at the moment in growth, however within the meantime, you may seize a demo from itch.io.
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Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter is a prolific indie recreation journalist, writing for Metro UK, Large Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a give attention to smaller indie gems. She covers hundreds of recreation jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each recreation have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of the entire recreation jams happening on the planet, judges many jams and occasions.
